CHANDIGARH: Farmer chief from Punjab Sarwan Singh Pandher on Sunday mentioned a bunch of farmers, led by their leaders, will march in direction of Delhi on foot on December 6 whilst he lashed out on the Centre for not holding any talks with the protesting farmers for resolving their points, together with a authorized assure on the MSP. Farmers beneath the banner of the Samyukta Kisan Morcha (non-political) and Kisan Mazdoor Morcha (KMM) have been tenting on the Shambhu and Khanauri border factors between Punjab and Haryana since February 13, after their march to Delhi was stopped by safety forces. Addressing reporters right here on Sunday, KMM chief Pandher mentioned farmers have been protesting at Shambhu and Khanauri for 293 days.
Sharing particulars about their plan to march in direction of the capital from Shambhu, Pandher mentioned the primary “jatha” (group) of farmers will likely be led by Satnam Singh Pannu, Surinder Singh Chautala, Surjit Singh Phul and Baljinder Singh. The group that can carry important gadgets with it is going to head in direction of Delhi peacefully, he mentioned.
The primary group of farmers, throughout their march to Delhi, will cease on the Jaggi metropolis centre in Ambala, the Mohra grain market, Khanpur Jattan and Pipli in Haryana, he mentioned. Pandher mentioned the farmers will stroll each day from 9 am to five pm and spend the nights on the street. He added that the variety of farmers within the first group will likely be shared later.
Lashing out on the BJP-led Centre, Pandher mentioned it has not held any talks with the protesting farmers since February 18. Accusing the Centre of operating away, he mentioned, “They’ve stopped the talks with us.” “Contract farming will not be acceptable to us. We’re demanding a authorized assure on the MSP (minimal assist worth) for crops,” he mentioned.
A panel of three the then Union ministers — Arjun Munda, Piyush Goyal and Nityanand Rai — held talks with the farmer representatives on February 18. The farmers had then rejected the Centre’s proposal of shopping for pulses, maize and cotton on the MSP by authorities businesses for 5 years. Farmer chief Guramneet Singh Mangat mentioned when the primary group of farmers begins marching in direction of Delhi on December 6, farmer our bodies in Kerala, Uttarakhand and Tamil Nadu will take out marches in direction of their respective state assemblies.
In the meantime, SKM (non-political) chief Jagjit Singh Dallewal continued his quick unto demise on the Khanauri border level. Farmers, who’ve been searching for a authorized assure on the MSP, have been tenting on the Shambhu and Khanauri border factors since February 13. The protesting farmers had tried to march in direction of Delhi on February 13 and February 21 however had been stopped by the safety forces deployed on the capital’s borders.
Moreover a authorized assure on the MSP, the protesters are demanding farm mortgage waiver, pension for farmers and farm labourers, no hike within the electrical energy tariff, withdrawal of police circumstances and “justice” for the victims of the 2021 Lakhimpur Kheri violence, reinstatement of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013 and compensation to the households of the farmers who died throughout a earlier agitation in 2020-21.
